Fortnightly Newsletter Week 11 Term 1 2019

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PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE

As we come to the end of Term 1 2019 I’d like to say thank you to the students, staff, parents, caregivers and friends of Summer Hill Public School who have welcomed having a new principal leading and managing the school – me! The relationships, respectful partnerships, collaboration and sharing have provided me with many opportunities to learn about our community in order to lead ongoing school improvement.

Students are our core business at Summer Hill Public School and their experiences and growth is what matters. They benefit from the many opportunities they are provided at Summer Hill Public School. I have seen students achieve in sports, academics, the arts and in their personal goals (already, in just one term). Just recently, Naomi in Year 4 featured in the Sydney Morning Herald due to being announced as the joint winner of the International Jazz Day composition event.

Read about it here: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/nine-year-old-beats-year-12-students-to-win-schools-jazz-competition-20190406-p51bje.html

You may have even heard Ms Ross interviewed on the radio by James Valentine about how Naomi came to write such an inspiring piece. This is a great achievement, celebrated publicly – however I have also celebrated many student achievements simply because they visit me in my office to showcase their learning!

I was honoured to attend our first student parliament sitting for 2019 last week. Our Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minsters did a fantastic job at showcasing many things we have achieved as a school so far this year. Have you ever attended a parliament sitting at Summer Hill Public School? If not I encourage you to come along to the next one.

We value public education and we are a diverse and inclusive school, we acknowledge our differences and we celebrate them too – our inclusivity was celebrated during Harmony Day and is practiced every day in our classrooms, the playground and in the community. I have learnt that you, our parents, carers and community play an important role in the successes of our school and community – seeing so many of you participate in 3 way interviews with your child/ren and their teacher over the last two weeks is another reason to celebrate our achievements at Summer Hill Public School. Parents as partners in learning is important for our kids.

Thank you for taking the time to read about what’s happening at Summer Hill Public School, we are very excited to report what our students have been doing. If you enjoy reading our newsletter and would like to see what’s happening around the school more regularly visit the website at https://summerhill-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/. For day to day updates and reminders download our Skoolbag App for your phone or tablet device. Click here to go to the school website for further information to upload to your device.

Natalie Armstrong Principal

EVENTS APRIL

Thu 11 Combined Protestant / Catholic Easter Assemblies

Fri 12 Easter Hat Parade

Winter PSSA Starts

LAST DAY OF TERM 1

SAT 13 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS

TUE 30 TERM 2 STUDENTS RETURN

MAY

Wed 1 6CM WAFTUS 9.15 - 10.45am

ANZAC ASSEMBLY 2.15pm

Thur 2 Athletics Carnival At Pratten Park

Fri 3 Winter PSSA

Tue 7 Stage 2/3 Mindfulness

Wed 8 Y 6 Camp Canberra

6CM WAFTUS 9.15 - 10.45am

Thu 9 Y 6 Camp Canberra

K - 2 Assembly 11.15 am in hall

Fri 10 Mothers Day Breakfast 7.30 - 9.00 am Training Band to perform

Winter PSSA

Tue 14 Y3 & Y 5 NAPLAN Online Tests

Stage 2/3 Mindfulness

Wed 15 Y3 & Y 5 NAPLAN Online Tests

6CM WAFTUS 9.15 - 10.45am

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ANZAC SERVICE _REMINDER WEDNESDAY 1 MAY

The school holidays are a great time to add a few titles to your Premier's Reading Challenge record. Happy reading.

LIBRARY NSW PREMIERS READING CHALLENGE

The application process for Year 5 Opportunity Class Placement in 2020 is about to begin. Important dates are as follows:

30 April 2019: Online applications open 17 May 2019: Online applications close 31 July 2019: Opportunity Class Placement Test

Parents will be able to access the online application at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/public-schools/selective-high-schools-and-opportunity-classes/year-5

OPPORTUNITY CLASS PLACEMENT TEST ENTRY FOR YEAR 5 2020

Our ANZAC service will be held on Wednesday May 1 in our hall beginning at 2.15pm. The service will be run by 3TK and 6VK and will honour those who have served our country through song, art, film and speech. All parents are most welcome to attend.

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Hi Everyone,

Telstra Kids Grant – Woo Hoo!

Great news! We are delighted to announce our success in applying for a $1200 grant from Telstra. Telstra Kids helps kids thrive in their connected world. The funds will be used to purchase technology that will be used in classrooms to enable kids to learn how to use digital resources in a creative way. Huge thanks to Anna Burnham from Telstra, who is the referrer. This grant requires an employee from Telstra to apply on our behalf – thanks Anna for being that person!

A bunch of thanks for the Disco Thank you so much to everyone who helped with the Earth Hour Disco last Friday night. It was a really successful event with what felt like a million happy, glow-in-the-dark kids. Over 80 awesome volunteers rolled up on the night to sell tickets, spruik the raffle, supervise the hall and decorate children with neon face paint. We sold over 500 halal sausages, 100 portions of delicious Dal and Rice, Chai, 1680 waste-free, sugar-laden rainforest critters and over 350 serves of gelato.

Thanks to the Ministers who turned up to the school gates early on Friday morning, wearing glamour outfits and disco wigs, to sell raffle tickets. And thank you to the students who worked on the artwork at the Disco: Jio, Sigrid, Aaliyah, Suzie and Olivia Z. Thank you to Chloe for the lovely Disco poster.

Thank you to the great people and businesses who donated prizes: Lisa Nikki - weekend away at 'Dogwood' Southern Highlands Holiday Home Glow Worm Bicycles - donated $150 voucher & 2 week electric bike hire Summer Hill Gym - One Month's platinum membership Taronga Zoo - family day passes x 2 Pure Gelato - series of 1 litre vouchers

All prizes were drawn and awarded as the assemblies last Thursday. K-2: Amogh KCC, Henry 1AP, Maya KDT, Flora 1KB 3-6: Katie & Mickey Yr 3 & Oliver & Abbey Yr 6.

Enjoy the holidays everyone. See you in Term 2! Cheers,

Danielle Elliott

P&C UPDATE

LOST PROPERTY REMINDER

Families - the P&C will be given lost property items for the second hand uniform store at the end of the term. Please check for any lost property outside

Mr Kay's room. Thank you for your support.

P&C _ REMINDER 10 MAY MOTHER’S DAY BREAKFAST

7.30 – 9.00 Friday 10 May - Mums, Grandmums and Carers are invited to celebrate Mother’s Day at the school with a breakfast of egg & bacon rolls with orange juice, a cup of tea or plunger coffee. BYO your own cup to be environmentally friendly. There will be a stall where students can buy a rose for their mums or special person and a raffle with great prizes (all children will be given a book of raffle tickets!). Any parents, friends and family who would like to help with this event please sign up at http://signup.com/go/AmAtndo or email Andrew Jones on andrew.jones.patents@gmail.com

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WINTER PSSA DRAW

Check the draw weekly on the school website (School - Programs/Sport). Please note venue changes can occur at the last minute. If you are unsure about when and where your child's PSSA match is to be held, encourage your child to ask their coach before Friday so that they can pass the details on to you. We thank you for your support, https://summerhill-p.schools.nsw.gov.au/school-programs/sport.html .

WINTER PSSA UPDATE

Winter PSSA commences this week. Teams have been finalized and all players should have received their permission notes via email. Please note that we cannot allow students to travel to their round 1 match if they have not returned their permission note. Please consult the Western Suburbs PSSA website for weekly matches. Congratulations to Chloe and Rebecca from Year 6 who have gained selection in the Sydney East Regional girls basketball team and will compete at the NSW PSSA championships in Albury later this year. Congratulations also to Claudia, Julia, Zahra and Ryan who will all compete at the Sydney East Regional touch football championships as members of the Western Suburbs teams. We also congratulate Hugo M who will be competing at the Regional Hockey Championships

Tim Kay

We started the day by waking up really early and meeting Mrs Donnelly and Mrs Kapoor at the Auburn Aquatic Centre, for the start of a big day at the WSPSSA Zone Swimming Carnival. Everybody was so excited and encouraging towards one another. The first race was the open 100m Freestyle. All of Summer Hill’s participants did so well, and everyone had a great start to the day. Next was the 50m Freestyle, which was then followed by the 50m Breaststroke, Butterfly and Backstroke. After this was the lunch break, where people had the opportunity to go to the canteen. Then came the 200m medley. It was tiring just watching all the swimmers race in such a competitive event! Then came the most exciting part of the day… THE RELAY!!! Summer Hill’s teams did so well, and then sadly it was the end of the day. Even though everybody was tired, we all had so much fun! Also, a big congratulations to Jacob and Laura who placed in their races and made it through to the regional carnival. WELL DONE SUMMER HILL!!!

Written By: Tahli U, Rebecca D and Erin B (Year 6)

2019 ZONE SWIMMING CARNIVAL WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH

Football Junior Girls Senior Girls Monday 3 - 4pm

Touch Football Boys Tuesday 3 - 4pm

Netball Junior Girls Senior Girls Thursday 3 - 4pm

Touch Football Girls Friday 8.15 - 9.00am

WINTER PSSA TRAINING

Above: Junior girls swimmers, Laura, Jacob, Zone

Below: Senior girls,

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MUSIC CALENDAR TERM 1 AND TERM 2

Thank you everyone for a great first term. We are off to a terrific start to the year! Next term is set to be full of great performances and opportunities so make sure you recharge your batteries over the holidays and also take note of the dates for next term. We would like lots of solo or small group items for our Evening Concert Series next term, so make sure you practice your pieces so we are ready. Also don’t forget to set aside the dates for the Weekend Workshops - these are always really beneficial and students improve so much but more importantly, the whole group sounds better after a few days of rehearsal together. As always, we welcome our all important parent volunteers to help make this all work so please let us know if you can help with any part of the weekend (no musical expertise required). Our Band and Orchestra Breakfast was well attended and well catered—thank you everyone who contributed and supported us. I hope we demystified the rehearsal process for you and made you all feel very welcomed to the Summer Hill Music Program. An especially big thank you to the Music Support Committee members, particularly Sally Hughes, for all your efforts this year. Enjoy the break and see you all back first week next term!

Regards The Music support Group, Cathy Chan

MUSIC

TERM 2

1 May ANZAC DAY Assembly in the Hall 2.15pm ( Date has been revised)

10 May Training Band to perform at the Mother’s Day Breakfast 8-9am

23 May Woodwind & Recorder Concert at 6.30pm in the Hall

25 & 26 May Orchestra Weekend Workshop

6 June Vocal & Piano Concert at 6.30pm in the Hall

13 June Brass & Percussion Concert at 6.30pm in the Hall

15 & 16 June Band Weekend Workshop

20 June Strings Concert at 6.30pm in the Hall, all Orchestras perform

TBC

Engadine Bandfest performance for Training & Concert Band

NOTES FROM THE MUSIC ROOM FROM LITTLETHINGS BIG THINGS GROW

Congratulations to Naomi 4SG, for being the joint winner of the International Jazz Day Com-position Competition. To quote from the Sydney Morning Herald;

“Naomi Nogawa-Lewy, a year four student at Summer Hill Public School, was equally chuffed. The judge, renowned American jazz musician Herbie Hancock, was so taken by her entry he declared her a joint winner of the competition open to kindergarten to year 12 students nationwide.”

Naomi composed and performed her melody on a descant recorder not a violin as pictured, for the recording of her entry. Flynn and Naomi's melodies have been arranged into a piece that will be premiered by the NSW Public Schools Jazz Orchestra at the International Jazz Day opening ceremony in Melbourne on April 30.

Naomi and her parents are being flown courtesy of International Jazz Day IJD and the Arts Unit to Melbourne to see her work performed at the opening ceremony and will get to meet Herbie Hancock, jazz legend and patron of IJD.

I would also like to commend Sanjeev Gopal for entering a very worthy composition into the competition. We can’t always be winners but we can always step up and have a go. Well done Sanjeev and Naomi !!

Senior Choir Advanced Recorder and Advanced Ukulele… Advanced Recorder and Advanced Ukulele rehearsals will recommence in Week 2 Term 2 along with the Senior Choir. I have created Skoolbag groups for the Senior Choir, Advanced Recorder and Advanced Ukulele for improved communication between school and home. I apologise to anyone who didn’t get the Skoolbag message regarding cancelled Advanced Ukulele class last week. You can subscribe to groups yourself through the app. We do not plan to be sick and we do our best to avoid any inconvenience to you or your children .

Have a safe and happy holiday. Regards Donna Ross Music Teacher

Pic taken from SMH CREDIT: WOLTER PEETERS

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Workshops Synopses & Tutor Biographies: Click on the link to find out about the workshops choices and tutor biographies. Further details and what to bring/wear: • Each workshop will be led by the same industry trained tutor. • Workshops will be active, students must wear comfortable clothing. • Students are required to be on The Arts Unit's premises for the duration of the workshops and lunch break. • Please make sure your name is clearly marked on belongings and leave unnecessary valuables at home. • Please bring water and plenty to eat for lunch. There is no cafe on site. Do not bring food containing nuts. • Remember to HAVE FUN and meet new friends! Please Note: • The cost does not include student travel to and from the workshop, accommodation or meals. • Please do not send payment until you have received notification of acceptance. • Once payment has been made, there will be no refunds given due to student illness or misadventure. • No refunds will be given to participants who withdraw from the workshop within SEVEN days of commencement of that workshop. • Cash will not be accepted.

Further Information Further enquiries relating to the Student Drama Workshops should be directed to Drama or phone 8512 1175. The Arts Unit Website & Facebook Page: To stay up-to-date with student and teacher Drama opportunities provided by The Arts Unit, check the website regularly and follow our Facebook page for program updates, events, new Arts Unit Learning Hub resources and opportunities www.facebook.com/TheArtsUnit.

THE ARTS UNIT SKILLS DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS 2019 DUE WEDNESDAY MAY 1

Primary Dance Workshops: Years 2-4 Applications are now OPEN due Friday 3 May

. Further Information Further enquiries relating to the Years 2-4 Primary Dance Workshops should be directed to Allie Gunton or phone 8512 1178. The Arts Unit Website & Facebook Page: To stay up-to-date with student and teacher Dance opportunities provided by The Arts Unit, check the website regularly and follow our Facebook page for program updates, events, new Arts Unit Learning Hub resources and opportunities www.facebook.com/TheArtsUnit.

THE ARTS UNIT_ REPEATED PRIMARY DANCE WORKSHOPS 2019 DUE FRIDAY MAY 3

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